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Both sides are already sure of a UEFA Cup Round of 32 place, but FC Dinamo 1948 Bucuresti coach Mircea Rednic wants to wrest top spot in Group B from Tottenham Hotspur FC in London.
• Tottenham ensured their progress with three successive wins – 2-0 at Beşiktaş JK, 3-1 against Club Brugge KV and 1-0 at Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Now, a draw or better against Dinamo would see the finish atop the section.
• After winning their opener 2-1 against Beşiktaş, Dinamo drew 1-1 at Club Brugge and confirmed their qualification with a 2-1 win against Leverkusen. A win at White Hart Lane would see them claim top spot in the section.
• The side finishing top of the section is guaranteed a tie against one of the third-placed finishers from another group in the draw for the Round of 32 on 15 December, while each pool runner-up will meet one of the third-placed finishers from the UEFA Champions League.
• The two sides have never met in European competition.
• Rednic has some experience of English opposition from his playing career. His Romania side drew 0-0 at home and 1-1 away against England in qualifiers for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
• Rednic was also a member of the Dinamo side that lost 3-1 on aggregate against eventual winners Liverpool FC in a 1983/84 European Champion Clubs' Cup semi-final.
• Veteran Dinamo striker Ioan Viorel Ganea also knows a bit about English football having spent two-and-a-half
seasons at Wolverhampton Wanderers FC prior to moving back to Bucharest in the summer.
• Tottenham have played four games against Romanian sides, both of them two-legged ties in the course of their
triumphant 1971/72 UEFA Cup campaign.
• The Londoners overcame AFC Rapid Bucuresti 5-0 on aggregate in the third round and then defeated FC UTA Arad 3-1 on aggregate in the quarter-finals.
• In total, they have won three games and drawn one against Romanian sides, winning one and drawing one at home.
• Dinamo have played English opposition on ten occasions in the course of five two-legged ties in UEFA competition.
• In total they have won one game and drawn one with the English side triumphing on eight occasions.
• In Romania, they have lost four times, but were triumphant in their most recent game against English opposition,
beating Everton FC 5-1 in the first round of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup.
• In addition, Dinamo met Liverpool FC in the 1970/71 Inter-Cities' Fairs Cup, losing 4-1 on aggregate. The Fairs Cup was not a UEFA competition.
• Leverkusen play Beşiktaş in Matchday 5's other Group B game.
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